Standards & Practice | How-To's | Resources | Review | Who

Duke Resources

Publications

Online Tools

HTML/CSS

Search Tips

Design

Links

Home > Resources > Publications

O'Reilly Publishers :
Publishers of thorough reference guides on web design and development topics. Recommended titles:

Web Design in a Nutshell
HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide
DHTML and CSS for the World Wide Web, Second Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide
Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide
Information Architecture for the WWW
Photoshop for the Web
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
Web Navigation: Designing the User Experience

Visual Quickstart Guides :
From Peachpit Press. Less theory and background than O'Reilly, more step-by-step instruction and "how-to" information. Try the Visual Quickstart Guides to:

Dreamweaver MX for Windows and Macintosh -
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Dynamic Applications
Fireworks MX - Macromedia graphics software
UNIX - Cliff notes for the operating system used by many web servers
JavaScript for the WWW

Web Style Guide

Excellent book and companion site from Yale University.

Designing Web Usability

Influential book by Jacob Nielson.

Design Workshop

By Robin Williams and John Tollett.

 

Duke Home | A&S Home | owl@aas.duke.edu | Sitemap